Playful violin rekindles musician's passion
In an online video, two musicians play the violin and the bass in Brooklyn, New York. Placed in front of them are several glass jars. One is labeled "slow down", one "fast forward"; others say "Lady Gaga", "Bach" and even "Michael Jackson".
As the two play, people drop change into the jars to indicate what they want to hear. The players zigzag between Lady Gaga and Bach, slowing down, speeding up.
Charles Yang is the violin player zipping away with Michael Jackson tunes. He is a Texas-born violinist involved in a music collective called CDZA, which is a "musical video experiment" group, as per its official website. The group has posted dozens of videos online, many of them garnering millions of views. Yang says that the project is exciting because it draws young people to classical music.
